A math art project is a great way to encourage kids who love numbers to get creative and artistic kids to think about how mathematics and art work together. This rotational symmetry art project is just the ticket. As you will see the results of experimenting with rotational symmetry combines grooviness and exactness (such a…
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Math art is the ultimate S.T.E.A.M project for kids! Math art is also a great way to get kids who love art to appreciate math, and kids who love math to learn about the importance of art. These archives contain all of our favorite math art ideas, like pi city skylines, spirolaterlas, parabolic curves, tessellations and more. Many of our projects include handy videos to show you how utterly amazing the math art projects truly are.
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Sierpinski Fractal Triangle: Holiday Math Art for Kids
Welcome to the most awesome math art holiday project you can imagine: make a Christmas tree out of a Sierpinski fractal triangle. Okay, I realize there is a lot to unpack in that statement. Let’s start with something easier to grasp. This math art project is a great STEAM activity for kids to do at home,…
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Math Art Books that Will Amaze Your Kids
How do you inspire kids who don’t show a natural love for numbers and calculations? Why, with math art books of course! When math and art collide the results are mesmerizing and addicting, and these math art books will get your kids hooked. STEAM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and design, and Math) may seem like…
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Super Fun and Creative Pi Day Activities for Kids
Ever since I shared our pi skyline activity with the world, I have been flattered by how many teachers have done the art project as one of their pi day activities with their students! Pi day is March 14 because the first three digits of pi are 3.14. Art is such a good way to get…
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Mobius Strip Hearts: A Valentine for Math Nerds
How do you express love on valentine’s day in the most nerdy way possible? You make möbius strip hearts, of course. We previously entered the world of topology with Möbius strips and turning two circles into a square, so what better way to express our love of creative ways to learn math than with a super geeky…
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Practice Multiplication with Simple Spirolateral Math Art
We are working on patterning and math art this week for Camp Mathematics. Have you ever heard of spirolaterals? Yeah, me neither. I happened upon them while looking for a new math art project to inspire my kids. If you follow this blog (hugs and kisses for you) then you are aware of my great love…
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Geometry Magic: Turn 2 Circles into 1 Square
It’s been a while since my son and I made math art magic with Möbius strips and it was time for some more math fun, this time we explored the geometry magic and accomplished the impossible! (Melodramatic, much?) We turned two circles into one square. “Inconceivable!” you shout. “No one can turn two closed curves into a…
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Awesome Math Art: Transforming Ninja Star
We are in love with these origami transforming paper stars. This gem of a project combines math, art and paper engineering. I’ll be totally honest, it’s not the easiest project for very little ones, but if your child can fold a paper airplane (which is the perfect STEM play date, by the way!) then he or she…
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